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TUBERCULOSIS (to 4th July)
No. of attendances at Dispensary (incl. contacts) 2886
"consultations with Medical Practitioners:-
(a) personal 287
(b) other 405
" visits by Tuberculosis Officers (including
personal consultations) 317
" " " Tuberculosis Visitors for dispensary
purposes 1490
" contact examinations made 484
" contacts boarded out 7
" patients recommended for sanatorium 118
" specimens of sputum examined: Negative 371
Positive 83
Total 454
" X-ray examinations made: Films 1208
Screening 642
Total 1850
" new cases examined during the period 210
Special Treatment. (a) Tuberculosis Officer's Clinic
at Mile End Hospital:
No.of patients under treatment 52
" artificial pneumothorax refills given 520
" pneumo-peritoneum refills given 122
Total attendances at the Clinic 642
(b) at other Hospitals: No.of No.of
patients attendances
Pneumothorax refills at Brompton Hospital 4 74
" " " London Chest " 4 45
" " " Grove Park "1 19
" " " Royal Chest "1 8
Finsen and Sunray treatment at London " 3 31
Supply of Extra Nourishment. 328 grants of extra
nourishment were supplied to 101 patients.
Tuberculosis Financial Allowances. 68 patients were
in receipt of these allowances at the end of June.
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